English

1. transfer, move, change
2. to transfer
3. to harmonize
4. tune
5. to move (troops or cadres)
6. to reconcile
7. to investigate
8. to blend
9. to enquire into
10. to suit well
11. accent
12. to adjust
13. view
14. to regulate
15. argument
16. to season (food)
17. key (in music)
18. to provoke
19. mode (music)
20. to incite
21. tune
22. tone
23. melody
24. to adjust; to regulate and controlunreviewed?
25. to move; to transferunreviewed?
26. to swap; to exchangeunreviewed?

粵語

1. 輕微咁去改變一樣嘢，令佢出現預期嘅效果unreviewed?
2. 切換位置unreviewed?
3. 對調；互換unreviewed?

As a component in

• 𢸛
• 𤂂
• 𥶏
• 𧞴
• 𭌄

Variants

• 调simplified

Words containing 調

• 強調koeng4 diu6

  to emphasize (a statement)

• 單調daan1 diu6

  monotonous

• 語調jyu5 diu6

  intonation

• 調查diu6 caa4

  investigation

• 調整tiu4 zing2

  to adjust; to revise; to reorganize

• 協調hip3 tiu4

  to coordinate

• 調節tiu4 zit3

  to adjust

• 空調hung1 tiu4

  air conditioning

• 調教tiu4 gaau3

  to instruct

• 調動diu6 dung6

  to transfer

• 調解tiu4 gaai2

  to mediate

• 調控tiu4 hung3

  to regulate

• 民調man4 tiu4

  opinion poll

• 低調dai1 diu6

  low pitch

• 調度diu6 dou6

  to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc)

• 大調daai6 diu6

  (music) major key

• 失調sat1 tiu4

  out of tune (music)

• 對調deoi3 diu6

  to swap places

• 下調haa6 tiu4

  to demote

• 調號diu6 hou6

  tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à)

• 調和tiu4 wo4

  harmonious

• 調位diu6 wai2

  tone of Chinese characters; to exchange places

• 調性diu6 sing3

  (music) tonality

• 上調soeng6 tiu4

  to raise (prices)